Dissertations in progress

Supervised by Prof. Dr. Alena Buyx

• Adaktylos-Surber, Katharina: "Examination of a concept for the allocation of scarce intensive care resources (prioritization) in the context of a pandemic at a university hospital" (Mentor: Dr. Kathrin Knochel)
• Bechtel, Julie: "Technology-assisted physiotherapy for stroke patients: ethical and social consequences" (Mentor: Dr. Bettina Zimmermann)
• Bergmaier, Georg: "The Plague in the Bavarian-Salzburg Border Area from 1348-1715".
• Fuchsbrunner, Gloria: "The professional responsibility of physicians in the context of participatory decision-making when life-sustaining measures are dispensed with or terminated in the neonatal intensive care unit" (Mentor: Dr. Kathrin Knochel)
• Katzur, Julia (née Koch): "The 'Kinderfachabteilung' in the Heil-und Pflegeanstalt Eglfing-Haar and the National Socialist 'Kindereuthanasie' between 1940 and 1945".
• Matthes, Nina: "Using social media to recruit vulnerable populations: ethical benefits, challenges and recommendations"
• Michalsen, Anna: "The proactive ethics offer Ethikvisite: Experiences of experts and development of a structured offer" (Mentor: Dr. Kathrin Knochel)
• Rehm, Dominik: "Infanticide among 'primitive peoples' in Peter Singer's justification of early euthanasia using the example of the Yanomami Indians of the Amazon."
• Ruhland, Isabella: "Dealing with National Socialist 'Euthanasia' in the Visual Arts after 1945."
• Schimmerl, Li: "Ethical Aspects of CFS/ME."
• Schmolke, Eva-Maria: "Ethical analysis of guidelines for the distribution of scarce intensive care resources during a pandemic and their implementation from the perspective of potential users in Germany" (Mentors: Dr. Kathrin Knochel, Dr. phil. Lukas J. Meier)
  
• Schönweitz, Franziska: "Ethical guidance in the development and application of invasive as well as non-invasive neurotechnologies".
• Untergehrer, Eva: "The Trial of Hermann Pfannmüller: An Attempt to Come to Terms with the Nazi Euthanasia Crimes in Bavaria."
• Winckler, Solveig (née Lohmaier): "Human Enhancement in Film and Literature - A Medical View".

Supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcello Ienca

• Haag, Lea: "Ethical Considerations and Patient Perspectives in Closed-Loop Brain Stimulation"
• Sobieska, Alexander
• Schopp, Laura

Supervised by PD Dr. Stuart McLennan

• Gercekcioglu, Ayca: "How can the risk of healthcare AI applications harming people of color be ethically addressed in Germany?"
• Gerlach, Lara: "Ethical implications of embodied AI in medicine"
• Wagner, Konstantin: "The ethical appropriateness of the current use and regulation of homeopathy in Germany" (Mentor: Dr. phil. Lukas J. Meier)